A few days back we brought you word that the hit Mac game RC Mini Racers was heading to Ubuntu. Today it's arrived. I'll brush over repeating what we said last time suffice to say it's a natty little racing game with enough individuality to make it worth the small $4.99 price tag.
After Black Friday comes the online version: Cyber Monday. Sadly, much to the chagrin of bargain hunters like myself, there aren't that many Ubuntu-specific offers to be found online. I was expecting some of the newer Ubuntu-loaded ASUS laptops to be reduced by the big retailers sites. But, alas. That said, there are a couple of offers worth knowing about.
Hit Mac racing game 'RC Mini Racers' is gearing up for an Ubuntu release. The racing title has proved popular on OS X, spending several weeks at #1 in the Mac App Store's 'Top Free Games' chart and 5 months in the top 10. Now the developers behind the game, which is also available on Android, are bringing it to Ubuntu.
Perhaps the most well-known and/or notorious derivative of Ubuntu: Linux Mint, has released its fourteenth version, codenamed: "Nadia". Priding itself on being for "newbies" and being a power user, Linux Mint is not among my favourite Linux distributions, nevertheless I've downloaded the latest version, with their Cinnamon desktop, to give it an in-depth review.
Ubuntu 12.10 is being ported to the 'Rikomagic' USB PC, thanks to the work of a third party developer. The Rikimagic MK802 III, which costs £59, ship with Android 4.0 by default, but the powerful innards have proved too tempting for Ubuntu developers not to take advantage of:
It's so-called "Black Friday" today, an annual US event in which adults gather en-mass online and at retail stores to fight each other for discounted electric whisks, George Foreman grills, and plasma TVs. But are there Ubuntu-related bargains to be had?
Several updated versions of popular applications are now available to install in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10. Skype 4.1, Thunderbird 17, and Firefox 17 are all waiting to be installed via Ubuntu's Update Manager.
The Sputnik is Dell's cleverly code-named latest laptop endeavour. It's a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook that has a line up of hardware that Dell feels will lure developers away from competing vendors. I spent just over a month testing out the Sputnik, having been sent a unit directly from the good folks at Dell. And here are my thoughts...
Along with the recently covered design changes heading (tentatively) to Ubuntu 13.04, came some changes to the Unity launcher. Now, if you're one of these folks who can't wait to get the latest thing I've created a simple little hack for you.
Valve are putting smiles on the faces of Linux-loving gamers, as they announce a widening of access to their Linux Beta client. Some 5000 users who signed up for beta access will be granted access, Valve's Frank Crockett announced to members of the Steam for Linux community on Steam.
Ubuntu 13.04 has gotten it's new default wallpaper - some 5-ish months ahead of schedule! The design won't shock the socks off anyone; it's the same 'subtle evolution' to the design first introduced in Ubuntu 10.04 - but hey, familiarity can be cool, too.
Ubuntu designers have unveiled an updated set of icons for use in Unity. New icons for the Ubuntu Software Center, the Software Updater, and Nautilus have been 'released'.